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Hybrid vigour is a situation where offspring has improved features such as fast growth rate, high productivity and improved body conformation whereas dominant genes are genes that expresses themselves in both homozygous and heterozygous states
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- Mention three ways that indigenous livestock farmers use to improve their cattle.(Solved)
Mention three ways that indigenous livestock farmers use to improve their cattle.
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Give the breeding system involved in each of the following cases
a) Friesian sire mated with Ayrshire dam
b) Friesian sire (father) mated with Friesian dam...(Solved)
Give the breeding system involved in each of the following cases
a) Friesian sire mated with Ayrshire dam
b) Friesian sire (father) mated with Friesian dam (daughter)
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Describe digestion of food in the following digestive parts of poultry.
(a) Crop
(b) Gizzard(Solved)
Describe digestion of food in the following digestive parts of poultry.
(a) Crop
(b) Gizzard
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- Outline three sources of water to a livestock body.(Solved)
Outline three sources of water to a livestock body.
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- Name the part of a ruminant digestive system where digestion of cellulose occurs.(Solved)
Name the part of a ruminant digestive system where digestion of cellulose occurs.
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- Describe causes of various deficiency symptoms and nutritional disorders in livestock.(Solved)
Describe causes of various deficiency symptoms and nutritional disorders in livestock.
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- Name the vitamins whose deficiency leads to the following conditions in animals.
(i) Sterility
(ii) Excessive bleeding from open wounds
(iii) Sore gums(Solved)
Name the vitamins whose deficiency leads to the following conditions in animals.
(i) Sterility
(ii) Excessive bleeding from open wounds
(iii) Sore gums
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- Differentiate between a roughage and a concentrate feed in animal nutrition.(Solved)
Differentiate between a roughage and a concentrate feed in animal nutrition.
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- Explain the different types of vaccines.(Solved)
Explain the different types of vaccines.
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- Define the term digestible crude protein D.C.P(Solved)
Define the term digestible crude protein D.C.P
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- Name two functions of the crop in the digestive system of chicken.(Solved)
Name two functions of the crop in the digestive system of chicken.
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- What does metabolic water refer to in livestock nutrition(Solved)
What does metabolic water refer to in livestock nutrition
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- State four microbial activities that take place in the rumen of a cow(Solved)
State four microbial activities that take place in the rumen of a cow
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- State two ways in which digestion in pigs differs from that in ruminants.(Solved)
State two ways in which digestion in pigs differs from that in ruminants.
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- State four factors that would determine the amount of concentrate fed to a dairy cattle(Solved)
State four factors that would determine the amount of concentrate fed to a dairy cattle
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- State three effects of excess water in livestock.(Solved)
State three effects of excess water in livestock
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- Name the intermediate host of the following parasites.
i) Tape worm
ii) Liverfiuke(Solved)
Name the intermediate host of the following parasites.
i) Tape worm
ii) Liverfiuke
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- Which livestock disease is transmitted by the following ticks?
i) Blue tick (Boophilus decoloratus)
ii) Brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus)(Solved)
Which livestock disease is transmitted by the following ticks?
i) Blue tick (Boophilus decoloratus)
ii) Brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus)
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- Describe the life cycles of a two Host tick(Solved)
Describe the life cycles of a two Host tick
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- How is Tape worm passed from livestock to human beings.(Solved)
How is Tape worm passed from livestock to human beings.
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